(a) whether any modern automatic weather stations have been set up in the North Eastern-States and Assam;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has taken any steps to link these weather stations with micro insurance programmes for farmers, if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether there is any Government programme to understand the nature of monsoon pattern in these areas; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND
MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES
(DR. HARSH VARDHAN)
(a) Yes Sir. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has installed modern Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) in North Eastern States & Assam.
(b) The details of functional AWSs in the North Eastern States & Assam are given in the table below;
List of AWSs in NorthEastern States of India
S NO. STATE DISTRICT STATION
1. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH WEST_SIANG BASAR_AGRO
2. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH CHANGLANG CHANGLANG
3. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH DIBANG_VALLEY ANINI
4. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH EAST_KAMENG SEPPA
5. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH EAST_SIANG PASSIGHAT
6. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH LOHIT TEZU
7. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH LOWER_DIBANG_VALLEY ROING
8. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH LOWER_SUBANSIRI ZIRO
9. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH PAPUMPARE NAHARLAGUN
10. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH TAWANG TAWANG
11. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH TIRAP DEOMALI
12. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH UPPER_SIANG TUTING
13. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH UPPER_SUBANSIRI DAPORIZO
14. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH WEST_KAMENG BOMDILA
15. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH WEST_SIANG ALONG
16. ARUNACHAL_PRADESH WEST_SIANG MECHUKA
17. ASSAM JORHAT JORHAT_AGRO
18. ASSAM KARBI_ANGLONG DIPHU_AGRO
19. ASSAM KARIMGANJ KARIMGANJ_AGRO
20. ASSAM KOKRAJHAR GOSSAIGAON_AGRO
21. ASSAM NAGAON SHILLONGANI_AGRO
22. ASSAM SONITPUR SONITPUR_AGRO
23. ASSAM BAKSA MUSHALPUR
24. ASSAM BARPETA BARPETA
25. ASSAM BONGAIGAON BONGAIGAON
26. ASSAM CACHAR SILCHAR
27. ASSAM CHIRANG KAJALGAON
28. ASSAM DARRANG MANGALDAI
29. ASSAM DHEMAJI DHEMAJI
30. ASSAM DIBRUGARH DIBRUGARH
31. ASSAM DIMA_HASAO HAFLONG
32. ASSAM GOALPARA GOALPARA
33. ASSAM GOLAGHAT GOLAGHAT
34. ASSAM HAILAKANDI HAILAKANDI
35. ASSAM KAMRUP KHANAPARA
36. ASSAM KAMRUP_METROPOLITAN GUWAHATI
37. ASSAM KOKRAJHAR KOKRAGHAR
38. ASSAM LAKHIMPUR BIHUPURIA
39. ASSAM MORIGAON MORIGAON
40. ASSAM NALBARI NALBARI
41. ASSAM SIVASAGAR SIBSAGAR
42. ASSAM TINSUKIA TINSUKIA
43. ASSAM UDALGURI UDALGURI
44. MANIPUR IMPHAL_WEST IMPHAL_AGRO
45. MANIPUR BISHNUPUR BISHNUPUR
46. MANIPUR CHANDEL CHANDEL
47. MANIPUR CHURACHANDPUR CHURACHANDPUR
48. MANIPUR IMPHAL_EAST JIRIBAM
49. MANIPUR IMPHAL_EAST POROMPAT
50. MANIPUR SENAPATI SENAPATI
51. MANIPUR TAMENGLONG TAMENGLONG
52. MANIPUR THOUBAL THOUBAL
53. MANIPUR UKHRUL UKHRUL
54. MEGHALAYA RI_BHOI UMIAM_AGRO
55. MEGHALAYA EAST_GARO_HILLS WILLIAMNAGAR
56. MEGHALAYA EAST_KHASI_HILLS SHILLONG
57. MEGHALAYA JAINTIA_HILLS JOWAI
58. MEGHALAYA SOUTH_GARO_HILLS BAGHMARA
59. MEGHALAYA WEST_GARO_HILLS TURA
60. MEGHALAYA WEST_KHASI_HILLS NONGSTOIN
61. MIZORAM KOLASIB KOLASIB_AGRO
62. MIZORAM AIZAWL AIZWAL
63. MIZORAM CHAMPHAI CHAMPHAI
64. MIZORAM LAWNGTLAI LOWNGTLAI
65. MIZORAM LUNGLEI LUNGLEI
66. MIZORAM MAMIT MAMIT
67. MIZORAM SAIHA SAIHA
68. MIZORAM SERCHHIP SERCHIP
69. NAGALAND DIMAPUR JHARNAPANI_AGRO
70. NAGALAND DIMAPUR DIMAPUR
71. NAGALAND KIPHIRE KIPHIRE
72. NAGALAND KOHIMA KOHIMA
73. NAGALAND KOHIMA SECHU
74. NAGALAND MOKOKCHUNG MOKOKCHUNG
75. NAGALAND PEREN PEREN
76. NAGALAND PHEK PHEK
77. NAGALAND WOKHA WOKHA
78. NAGALAND ZUNHEBOTO ZUNHEBOTO
79. TRIPURA NORTH_TRIPURA KAMALPUR
80. TRIPURA SOUTH_TRIPURA GOKULPUR
81. TRIPURA WEST_TRIPURA KHOWAI
82. TRIPURA WEST_TRIPURA A_D_NAGAR
List of AWSs in Sikkim (UT) of India
S.No. STATE DISTRICT AWS LOCATION
1 SIKKIM EAST_SIKKIM TADONG
2 SIKKIM NORTH_SIKKIM MANGAN
3 SIKKIM SOUTH_SIKKIM NAMCHI
4 SIKKIM WEST_SIKKIM GYALSHING
(c) No Sir. IMD has not taken any steps to link these weather stations with micro insurance programmes for farmers.
(d) & (e) IMD monitors the performance of monsoon for the entire South Asia region and efforts are continuously made for better understanding and prediction of monsoon for this entire region, including north eastern States.